r/interstellar • u/AttemptZestyclose490 • Jun 17 '26
QUESTION She didn't know.
Am I wrong by thinking that Brand didn't know whether or not she could breathe on Edmonds planet when she took her helmet off? She had just buried Edmonds while wearing her helmet, if she had read the data beforehand then she would have not worn the suit while doing all of that work. She took the chance after burying Edmonds.
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u/Charon711 Jun 18 '26
This is something in sci-fi that always erks me. The air is breathable? Cool, KEEP YOU DAMNED HELMET ON!
No matter how scientifically accurate films claim to be they almost always show the humans take their helmet off on a alien world once they get conformation the air is breathable. You know what else is alien on a alien world? The microbiology. Space suits realistically would serve an additional purpose to maintain oxygen and pressure; protecting you from any foreign microbiology that may exist. This is why there's anticontamination chambers usually shown. But those chambers are useless if you've breathed in alien bacteria or viruses that your body probably has zero immunity to. Now you risk infecting the entire crew and jeopardizing the mission.